Silver was put on paid administrative leave for three days, and with his regular time off, returned to duty six days after the incident.

The panel also viewed video filmed at the scene and heard a recording of the 911 call, as well as expert testimony on autopsies, ammunition and firearm evidence, and police training for the use of force.

It found that Silver’s use of deadly force in an effort to protect Fromin — when the officer’s bullets struck Savino in the heart, left lung, right kidney and left arm — was justified.

A former road patrol officer, Silver has since become a detective in the investigations division with the Pembroke Pines Police Department, where he has worked since 2003, agency spokesman Sgt. Darryl Curtis said.

Friends and relatives expressed shock that Fromin and Savino, both parents from previous relationships, died in such violent ways.

She was a popular staffer at Rickey’s Sports Bar & Grill, colleagues said.

He had experienced financial troubles but was looking toward the future, relatives said.

The night they died, Fromin told a 911 dispatcher they had been drinking and that Savino wanted to have her committed under the state’s Baker Act.

When asked if there were any weapons in the house, Fromin told the dispatcher, “Not that I know of,” and that she was OK to hang up and wait for the officer to arrive, the grand jury found.